dc.creator | Felton, Julia Widney | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-23T16:01:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-12-15 | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-12-15 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-12012011-104230 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/14973 | |
dc.description.abstract | The current study examined risk factors for the development of depression during childhood and adolescence in boys and girls, including personality, social, and cognitive variables. One hundred and fifty-seven male and 206 female students in grades 5 through 9 completed self-report questionnaires about sex role identification, rumination, co-rumination, and depression and two time points, four months apart. Results suggest being female-identified predicted increases in level of depression. Our findings also indicate that both co-rumination and depression drove changes in tendency to ruminate over time. Contrary to previous literature, we did not find that rumination or co-rumination predicted changes in depression. We discuss these findings in the context of the emergent gender difference in rates of depression during adolescence. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.subject | Adolescence | |
dc.subject | Sex Differences | |
dc.subject | Depression | |
dc.title | An Examination of the Cognitive, Personality, and Social Components Associated with Gender Differences in Rates of Depression | |
dc.type | dissertation | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Daniel Rock | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Judy Garber | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Bruce E. Compas | |
dc.type.material | text | |
thesis.degree.name | PHD | |
thesis.degree.level | dissertation | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Vanderbilt University | |
local.embargo.terms | 2011-12-15 | |
local.embargo.lift | 2011-12-15 | |
dc.contributor.committeeChair | David A. Cole | |